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How Well Do You Know ‘Weeds’? Check Out 5 Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know!

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Jan 30, 2017 5:12 pm·

By Amber Belus

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We certainly miss the Botwin family and their “friends” gracing our TV screens courtesy of Showtime — and even though it’s been off the air for several years, we still learn more about the Weeds franchise every day!

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From star birthdays, to relationships and more behind-the-scenes secrets, we guarantee there are still some things that will blow your mind even though it’s been more than 10 years since the show’s premiere.

Check out five fun facts in our gallery!

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Weeds briefly reunited the Finding Nemo family.

Alexander Gould — who played Shane Botwin on the Showtime series, and Elizabeth Perkins — aka Celia Hodes — were both voice actors in Finding Nemo. Alexander played Nemo and Elizabeth was Nemo’s mother, and even Nemo's father Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) guest starred in the fourth season.

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The Truth Behind Nancy and Andy Botwin's Chemistry

The on-screen chemistry between Mary-Louise Parker — who played Nancy Botwin — and Justin Kirk — her brother-in-law Andy Botwin — caught the writers' attention between the fourth and fifth seasons, as a result, they wrote more scenes featuring the costars interacting.

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Mary-Louise Parker Pushed for the Varying Theme Music the Final Season

"I loved when they had different people do different versions of the [theme] song ["Little Boxes"], and I was really sad when there was no musical intro. One of the producers Lisa and I kept fighting for that. She really, really loved it. And I think the last year she kind of put her foot down about it, so that’s why they brought it back for the last season. But I loved it most when there were different versions of it," she revealed during a Reddit AMA.

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Birthday Triplets

Elizabeth Perkins (Celia Hodes), Kevin Nealon (Doug Wilson) and Romany Malco (Conrad Shepard) were all born on Nov. 18.

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Why Denmark?

Weeds creator Jenji Kohan spent some time with her family in the European country, which influenced Andy's Denmark obsession.

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